Locus C-Fabit

Mobile App

A visual archive of places to be narrated.

A photo of an indoor location taken with a smartphone, illustrating how the Locus C-Fabit app works

What is Locus

Locus C-Fabit is an app developed within the C-Fabit project, funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and led by the Academy of Fine Arts of Catania.

It allows users to photograph locations in Eastern Sicily and associate them with a film genre. The result is a collective map of the territory, a reference point for those seeking the right place to set a story.

Access is currently restricted to students of the institutions involved in the project.

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A photo of a historic courtyard taken with a smartphone, an example of creating a location using the Locus C-Fabit app

How it works

Locus C-Fabit Explore screen featuring a map and filters by film genre

Explore

Browse Locus entries created by other users. Filter by film genre and save your favourites.

Create a Locus screen with a form for adding photos and a location description

Create

Photograph a location and add it to the map. Describe its physical and sensory characteristics.

Locus C-Fabit app screen showing the details of a location in Catania

Classify

Assign a film genre to each location. Contribute to the development of the Locus collective archive.

A growing map

Each Locus added enriches an ever-evolving map.

Over time, genres overlap and atmospheres multiply. The territory takes shape in ways that no traditional guide could fully capture.

Each user contribution is not only data. It is a perspective that enriches the collective perception of places.

Interactive map screen of the Locus C-Fabit app featuring locations across Eastern Sicily

Contact

Gianpiero Vincenzo, C-Fabit project coordinator

Project coordinator

Prof. Gianpiero Vincenzo

Writer, art critic and lecturer in Sociology at the Academy of Fine Arts of Catania. A journalist and essayist, he has curated contemporary art exhibitions and published novels translated into five languages.

gianpierovincenzo@abacatania.it